Faithfulness still forces me to watch over you

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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Noch zwingt mich treue über dir zu...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Noch zwingt mich treue über [dir]¹ zu wachen
Und deines duldens schönheit dass ich weile ·
Mein heilig streben ist mich traurig machen
Damit ich wahrer deine trauer teile.

Nie wird ein warmer anruf mich empfangen ·
Bis in die späten stunden unsres bundes
Muss ich erkennen mit ergebnem bangen
Das herbe schicksal winterlichen fundes.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• W. Braunfels • A. Webern

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View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with Stefan George, Werke. Ausgabe in Zwei Bänden, Erster Band, 4. Auflage, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1984, page 129

¹ Braunfels, Webern: "dich"

Text Authorship:

by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Jahr der Seele, in Waller im Schnee, no. 7 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Walter Braunfels (1882 - 1954), "Aus dem Jahr der Seele", op. 1 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4 (1913) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Noch zwingt mich treue", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Stefan George) no. 2 (1908-9) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ancora la fedeltà mi costringe", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Jakob Kellner , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 56

Faithfulness still forces me to watch...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Faithfulness still forces me to watch over you
And the beauty of your tolerance [insists] that I linger ·
My holy endeavour is to make myself sad
So that I might more truly share your mourning.

Never shall a fervent appeal receive me·
Until in the late hours of our bond
I must, with resigned trepidation, recognize
The bitter fate of a wintry trove.

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Translations of title(s):
"Aus dem Jahr der Seele" = "From the Year of the Soul"
"Noch zwingt mich treue" = "Faithfulness still forces me"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Jahr der Seele, in Waller im Schnee, no. 7
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This text was added to the website: 2017-08-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 64